Blueprint to Excellence

According to Michael Fullan, when individuals are required to explain themselves to each other, they become clearer about what they are doing and why. When many individuals and groups begin to talk the walk, they create a context for new applications and innovative practices. Talking the walk also helps to eliminate irrelevant activities and can free up time and energy for ideas and strategies that hold real promise for progress. In high performance collaborative learning cultures teachers and principals work together to get better results with students by selecting a few key drivers that collectively create the conditions for a culture of learning to thrive. In short, they talk the walk while they walk the talk. In St. Helena Schools talking the walk means making sure that teachers and even students and parents understand and can explain how the school district is organized for learning and why.

We’ve laid out a Blue Print to Excellence that has VITAL GOALS with BOLD PLAYS that will foster a solid educational foundation for our students, ensure sustainable success, and set attainable goals toward our vision. We look forward to the opportunities ahead as we strive to achieve our vision. Our dedication and commitment to the children of this parish will prevail and new public school district will emerge that this community can be proud of and support.

Our Blueprint to Excellence continues to be the key drivers behind our work in St. Helena Parish. This year's plan lists our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis). This process allowed Leadership Team members and School Board members to reflect on the initiatives that we've implemented. As a result of this analysis, our Blue Print to Excellence has changed.

Our VITAL GOALS with BOLD PLAYS reflect those changes that will foster a solid educational foundation for our students, ensure sustainable success, and set attainable goals toward our vision. We look forward to the challenges ahead as we strive to achieve our vision. It is through these challenges that our dedication and commitment to the children of this parish will prevail. A new public school system is emerging that we all can be proud of and support.

As we look forward to establishing this parish as one of the best in the state of Louisiana, our focus is on improving the performance of our students through rigorous professional development for our educators, and relevant instruction in the classroom. We understand that sustainable growth must be achieved. A relentless focus on the specific needs of our students will bring about this positive change as we look to achieve our bold goal of achieving a “Top 20” status within five years.

We’ve laid out a Blueprint to Excellence that has VITAL GOALS with BOLD PLAYS that will foster a solid educational foundation for our students, ensure sustainable success, and set attainable goals toward our vision. We look forward to the challenges ahead as we strive to achieve our vision. It is through these challenges that our dedication and commitment to the children of this parish will prevail. A new public school system will emerge that we all can be proud of and support.

We continue to establish St. Helena Parish School District as one of the best systems in the state of Louisiana. We have maintained our focus on improving the performance of our students through rigorous professional development for our educators, and relevant instruction in the classroom. A relentless focus on the specific needs of our students is bringing about this positive change.

We continue to revamp our plan of action that will foster a solid educational foundation for our students, ensure sustainable success, and set attainable goals toward our vision. We've developed VITAL GOALS and BOLD PLAYS that will ensure our vision comes into fruition. We look forward to continuing our relentless pursuit of excellence during the new 2015-2016 school year.

As we look forward to establishing this parish as one of the best in the state of Louisiana, our focus is on improving the performance of our students through rigorous professional development for our educators, and relevant instruction in the classroom. We understand that sustainable growth must be achieved. A relentless focus on the specific needs of our students will bring about this positive change.

We’ve laid out a clear plan of action that will foster a solid educational foundation for our students, ensure sustainable success, and set attainable goals toward our vision. We look forward to the challenges ahead as we strive to achieve our vision. It is through these challenges that our dedication and commitment to the children of this parish will prevail. A new public school system will emerge that we all can be proud of and support.

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